Expulsion of Heliodorus Fan
Maker:
Unknown
Production:
Solimena, Francesco
(After)
Single leaf of vellum, painted in bodycolour and gilt. Mother-pearl sticks, pierced, carved, engraved, silvered and gilt; guards carved in low relief, silvered and gilt (21+2). Gilt brass? (not steel) rivet. Front: Painted overall with the 'Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple' after the fresco by Francesco Solimena (1657-1747) in the Gesu Nuovo, Naples, signed 1725; bordered by flowers, foliage, birds and scrolls. Reverse: In the middle, a floral spray in shades of pink, blue, purple and green. Borders of scrolls and flowers in similar colours. Sticks: The meeting beween Alexander and the wife of Darius, surrounded by scrolls and foliage, and flanked by a military trophy and a still life of a vase, a bird perching on a basket, backed by iridescent shell. The scrolls are overlaid by gold foil and above there is a narrow border of bound laurel in silver and gold foil. Below the scene, there is a row of silver and gold flowerheads and leaves. Guards: Below the shoulder there are scrolls and two doves flying over a basket; above the shoulder, two vases, scrolls, flowers, a classical figure holding a spear and a seated putto. Sticks and guards are of a later date.
History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
18th Century, second quarter#
Production date:
circa
AD 1730
: Date for the sticks is c.1760. The date of the leaf hinges on the date of an engraving of the scene, unless it was done from drawings. The fresco in Gesu Nuovo is 1725. This fan leaf may also have been painted for Isabella Farnese (1692-1766), Queen Consort of Spain.
Rivet
composed of
brass (alloy)
( gilt)
Leaf
composed of
vellum (skin)
gouache
Sticks+guards
composed of
mother-of-pearl
Guards
Length 30.8 cm
Sticks
Accession number: M.297-1985
Primary reference Number: 117882
Old object number: 340
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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